Keyser Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Hi everyone, For someone that is not playing with cars at the moment I seem to be playing with a lot of cars anyway me and Buster have had visitors at the shed every weekend since Christmas but then come Sunday This .................. So I thought I would take the opportunity to have a look at the engine that kept overheating in Luke's 350 which has a suspected blown head gasket - Soon started stripping it down onto the engine stand I then sat and supervised as the apprentices took over Covers off Primary chain off Heads Off Pleas note the dark stain I think that's where the leak was corresponding yucky looking head gasket and mark on cylinder head By the end of the day we had and a lot of bits No other damage found everything looks good so I will replace the non genuine head gaskets with some OEM and bolt it back together, the engine was recently "re conditioned" the bores are good and you can still see the marks where they where honed, the heads where professionally re conditioned and again you can see where they were recently skimmed so hopefully it was a cheap head gasket that caused the problem and we will have a good engine when rebuilt. Only the test drive will decide Will update when the new parts arrive Edited March 1, 2014 by Keyser 8 Quote
ZEUS Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Strangely I was talking to tonyr123 today and we were both saying , wonder when you will strip Luke's first engine to investigate the problem. Looks like it was the gasket then looking at the photos of it! Nice work as always Quote
WhackyWill Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Another great job from the Zed Shed... Quote
Keyser Posted February 24, 2014 Author Posted February 24, 2014 Fancy installing that into a 300zx..... That or one of the other 3 VQ35DE's in the front garden All of them just crying out for a rebuild any one could be sorted and dropped into that 300 of yours Don't worry I won't tell your better half if you don't Special reduced price for forum Mods Quote
Lexx Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Fancy installing that into a 300zx..... That or one of the other 3 VQ35DE's in the front garden All of them just crying out for a rebuild any one could be sorted and dropped into that 300 of yours Don't worry I won't tell your better half if you don't Special reduced price for forum Mods Jesus. Temptation is a bugger!! Maybe next year after the extension is built and paid for. it'd be a hell of a challenge - custom engine mounts, custom loom, custom transmission adapter plate..... Quote
GMballistic Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Very cool seeing the DE engine stripped like that. 3 Quote
Humpy Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Go on Lexx, bite the bullet and do it @ Chris you should of said if you ever have an empty garage I'm sure I could think of things to do with my zed. Then again surprised Bob wasn't in there changing wheels or spoiler etc! Quote
Keyser Posted February 24, 2014 Author Posted February 24, 2014 Go on Lexx, bite the bullet and do it @ Chris you should of said if you ever have an empty garage I'm sure I could think of things to do with my zed. Then again surprised Bob wasn't in there changing wheels or spoiler etc! He changed his wheel spacers on Saturday AGAIN! He left me on my own on Sunday as someone suggested something to do with Food - by all accounts there wasn't enough though - That will teach him 2 Quote
Humpy Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Go on Lexx, bite the bullet and do it @ Chris you should of said if you ever have an empty garage I'm sure I could think of things to do with my zed. Then again surprised Bob wasn't in there changing wheels or spoiler etc! He changed his wheel spacers on Saturday AGAIN! He left me on my own on Sunday as someone suggested something to do with Food - by all accounts there wasn't enough though - That will teach him I'm never surprised anymore with Bob, bet he changes his wheels spacers more often than his underwear 1 Quote
Mopedmark Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 very cruel that was Humpy but funny though Quote
AK350Z Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Fancy installing that into a 300zx..... That or one of the other 3 VQ35DE's in the front garden All of them just crying out for a rebuild any one could be sorted and dropped into that 300 of yours Don't worry I won't tell your better half if you don't Special reduced price for forum Mods Jesus. Temptation is a bugger!! Maybe next year after the extension is built and paid for. it'd be a hell of a challenge - custom engine mounts, custom loom, custom transmission adapter plate..... DO IT! 1 Quote
mattross1313 Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Both good looking apprentices you have there Quote
GT4 Zed Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Nice work guys. It's likely that a cheap aftermarket gasket led to that engine dying but did you guys check to studs where all torqued to spec and cause it to lift? Just wondering because most of the gaskets should be fine for NA. Quote
Keyser Posted February 26, 2014 Author Posted February 26, 2014 Nice work guys. It's likely that a cheap aftermarket gasket led to that engine dying but did you guys check to studs where all torqued to spec and cause it to lift? Just wondering because most of the gaskets should be fine for NA. I was bending a 600mm breaker bar to loosen the head studs if anything I would say over torqued! I was rather hoping they were loose so I could blame it on that though. The biggest problem is we didn't find a problem so are we just wasting money and time putting in gaskets and bolting it all back together Quote
Ebized Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 cruel but true :lol: Fixed Scary I was just about to the same fix until I got to your post 1 Quote
Darren-B Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Nice work guys. It's likely that a cheap aftermarket gasket led to that engine dying but did you guys check to studs where all torqued to spec and cause it to lift? Just wondering because most of the gaskets should be fine for NA. I was bending a 600mm breaker bar to loosen the head studs if anything I would say over torqued! I was rather hoping they were loose so I could blame it on that though. The biggest problem is we didn't find a problem so are we just wasting money and time putting in gaskets and bolting it all back together Nice work Chris, Would it be worth checking how true the head is where the leak occurred, if there is runout, just a couple of thou this may have caused the problem? Suppose you could always put a thicker gasket in there to lower the compression & pop it in your car, I know you keep going on about intake temps Quote
Darren-B Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Thenn again I wonder if we could get a VQ35 in a cater ham or westfield? Any ideas how much the engine weighs (don't say a lot) Quote
Dave-350 Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Thenn again I wonder if we could get a VQ35 in a cater ham or westfield? Any ideas how much the engine weighs (don't say a lot) I remember a build with an M3 lump in it... http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=24422 I am sure a V6 would fit? 1 Quote
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